FieldPosition getFieldAttribute() method in Java with Example

The getFieldAttribute() method of java.text.FieldPosition class is used to get the field identifier in the form of Format.field. 

Syntax:

public Format.Field getFieldAttribute()

Parameter: This method does not accepts any argument as parameter. 

Return Value: This method returns the field identifier in the form of Format.field. 

Below are the examples to illustrate the getFieldAttribute() method: 

Example 1:

Java

// Java program to demonstrate
// getFieldAttribute() method

import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;

public class GFG {
    public static void main(String[] argv)
    {
        try {

            // Creating and initializing
            // new FieldPosition Object
            FieldPosition pos
                = new FieldPosition(
                    MessageFormat.Field.ARGUMENT);

            // getting Field attribute
            // of FieldPosition object
            // using getFieldAttribute() method
            Format.Field i = pos.getFieldAttribute();

            // display result
            System.out.println("field identifier. :- " + i);
        }

        catch (ClassCastException e) {

            System.out.println("Exception thrown : " + e);
        }
    }
}

Output:

field identifier. :- java.text.MessageFormat$Field(message argument field)

Example 2:

Java

// Java program to demonstrate
// getFieldAttribute() method

import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;

public class GFG {
    public static void main(String[] argv)
    {
        try {

            // Creating and initializing
            // new FieldPosition Object
            FieldPosition pos
                = new FieldPosition(
                    DateFormat.Field.AM_PM);

            // getting Field attribute
            // of FieldPosition object
            // using getFieldAttribute() method
            Format.Field i = pos.getFieldAttribute();

            // display result
            System.out.println("field identifier. :- " + i);
        }

        catch (ClassCastException e) {

            System.out.println("Exception thrown : " + e);
        }
    }
}

Output:

field identifier. :- java.text.DateFormat$Field(am pm)

Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/9/docs/api/java/text/FieldPosition.html#getFieldAttribute–